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Well, this book has boats. It was my first Elizabeth Hay and I remember liking it a lot…as I have liked all the other books I have read since.
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@Chrissyreadit #tagyoureit
Well, this book has boats. It was my first Elizabeth Hay and I remember liking it a lot…as I have liked all the other books I have read since.
So I looked at the solutions to the clues on Reddit (generally someone has them there by the third ones) and was on the fence about Original Daughter. Of course I got it! 😂😂 Four from #botm plus three from #aardvark plus whatever I buy at Parnassus today. (I already have three staff picks I like.) 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️😂 I‘ve lost my mind in the best possible way!!!!
I'm at odds about this book. On one hand it is gently interweaving multiple story threads with patience and care.
On the other hand it includes lines like this:
"His penis was more narrow than wide, more O Henry bar than chocolate slab, more spring rhubarb than autumn gourd, more canoe than motorboat." ?????
Which might be one of THE worst sentences I've ever read in a novel.
So...a real toss-up right now. ?
Happy Caturday from my favourite napping pals!
Started this 2007 Giller Prize winner today (for #192025 natch). One of those works of Canlit that everyone seems to have read except for me. Decidedly mixed reviews on Litsy including a definitive pan of Hay's writing style by @Lindy 🤨🙂 whose opinion I respect. So we shall see...
pickDefinitely deep in the poetic stream. This does not always lend itself to the full story as I might have chosen to structure this differently- reserving the imagistic for the Vietnam segment so beautifully juxtaposed with the father‘s decline. Ultimately this is a beautiful story of love, family bonds, and events that shape us.
#October midweek wrap up
@TheAromaofBooks #BookSpinBingo
10 Oct #1 - Looking Glass Sound 4 🌟
Haven't read a book this fast in a while! Magic, murder & betrayal; what more could I ask for.
5 Oct #16 Audio - Night of the Mannequins 3 🌟
Up there in the weird, chaotic & unreliable narrator category.
2 Oct #17 Audio - Court of Sugar & Spice 2 🌟
This had so much potential!!!!! Nutcracker retelling but the copious amount of sex, destroyed it.
pick“At some point, after I‘ve stirred the pot of real life with made-up backstory, these semifictional beings always revolt against me, freeing themselves to make their own startling, self-defeating choices.”
Emotional trauma balances the playfulness in this novel about a writer interacting with his own characters. Let yourself go with the weirdness and you might love it as much as I did.
#ShadowGiller2023 #CanadianAuthor
Just the thought of her kindness, given everything that happened that day, steams him open like a mussel.
Recent Reads September 26: an eclectic mix of books + making stuff from the garden + nostalgia
https://youtu.be/VQlJw155sYs
#CanLit #ShadowGiller2023 #audiobooks #comics #translations #science #memoir #autism #fantasy
pickWow. What a spectacular read.
An author tries to make sense of his past by wrestling it into a fictional narrative and assigning his childhood self a larger than life protector. But as his own reality intrudes on his narrative, he stumbles into writers block. Then, fiction intrudes on his reality, forcing him to face demons, real and imagined.
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